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Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designated 5,855 square miles of nearshore waters in Alaska as critical habitats for the threatened sea otter, writes ENN. The areas along the Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea, and Alaskan Peninsula will be protected by a court order that resulted from a lawsuit against the Service by the Center for Biological Audemars Piguet replica watches Diversity. The designation is a major victory for the Center, which petitioned the Service in 2000 to have sea otters be protected under the Endangered Species Act. Two lawsuits followed in the next five years. Lisa Lombardi
The president of Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, will hold a cabinet meeting on October 17th 20 feet underwater, reports Globalwarmingisreal. In preparation for the underwater meeting, he has asked members of his cabinet to take scuba lessons and learn underwater signs. Theres a method to Nasheeds madness; as the lowestlying nation on earth, Maldives Mont Blanc replica watches could disappear if sea levels continue to rise as a result of global warming. Nasheed will present a document for his cabinet to sign which calls for all countries to cut their carbon emissions (no worries, itll be in a waterproof sheath) that he hopes to present at the COP15 Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. Lisa Lombardi
